Travel Blog

I’ve recorded details of some of my travels. This is mostly for my records, but maybe someone will find my observations interesting or useful for planning their own trip.

First Anniversary in Tahoe

Preamble We decided for our first anniversary we would finally finish hiking Maggies South Peak. Maggies South Peak is the southern peak of a pair of peaks known as Maggies Peaks in Desolation Wilderness, Lake Tahoe, California. Almost two years previously we had tried to summit the mountain in November. At the time, I thought the peak of the mountain would be the perfect place to propose. The hike to the top is about 2 miles with about 2000 feet of elevation gain....

Family Trip To Mexico

Lizy and I went to Mexico with her parents Any and Elizabeth from December 22 to January 4th. The trip was mostly Andy’s idea because he had a strong desire to see Mexico city and especially the pyramids of Teotihuacan. The location was also somewhat central from both Ottawas and San Francisco. I didn’t do much reading about Mexico City before hand so some of the historical background information may be lacking in this blog....

Honeymoon In Greece

Lizy and I went to Greece for our honeymoon from May 12 to May 27. We decided to go to Greece for our honeymoon because that was where Lizy’s parents met and got married.